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Sunday, September 12, 2010

Saturday September 11, 2009

So, Calvary Chapel Academy started a new sport at their school this year...Swimming. We thought that would be really cool for Kaylyn to join and so did about 40 other parents. At the meeting to go over what exactly Swimming would consist of, about half the parents and children left when told that practices would be held at 6:15 am Tuesday and Thursday down in Palm Bay. We actually considered not allowing her to join because of this reason. I mean, she can be cranky enough without getting up at 5:45 am two days a week. In the end, we decided we would try it with the contract of not giving attitude due to lack of sleep and not allowing it to affect her grades.

Well, it's about a month after practices started and their first meet was this past Saturday. I haven't seen Kaylyn practice and I know that she has never known what the freestyle, back stroke, or breast stroke was before swimming practice. I was absolutely blown away with how good she became at these strokes in just a month! She placed second in the free style, had the lead in the freestyle relay with her team which came in third, came in 1st with the back stroke, and came in 1st with the breast stroke. This is one competitive sport that she may end up really enjoying and being very good at. I'm very proud of my little sweet pea!

Ashlyn really wants to do it, but is still learning how to swim without her swim vest on. She was a little jealous at the swim meet, but when Kaylyn was up for competition, she came through and cheered her on and said, "Kaylyn's fast and strong!" Hopefully next year Ashlyn will be a good enough swimmer to be able to join the team. They both absolutely love swimming.

In remeberance of 9/11, the kids wore red, white, and blue ribbon on their flip flops! America, we will never forget all the lives that were lost on that day!!!

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Our Family

My name is Jennifer. I have two beautiful daughters Kaylyn and Ashlyn, and a handsome son. We love to take vacations together as a family. I am a program manager for an aerospace company and I love my job.

About Me

I am from Melbourne, FL and have lived here most of my life. My hobbies are doing crafts and making cards. I have two wonderful daughters and a son who are all very bright and beautiful. I love the Lord and my children with all my heart.

Kaylyn

14 Years Old

Kaylyn

is 14 years old. She was conceived doing IVF and was actually one of the frozen embryos! They told me I was most likely not going to conceive because the embryos had only split into 4 cells, instead of the 8 they like to see when transferring. They put three embryos in and voila...I got one beautiful daughter. She is one of God's gifts to us and we thank him for her every day!

Ashlyn XiangLing

13 Years Old

Ashlyn

is an adorable 13 year old girl who has overcome VSD. She had surgery when she was 2 years old to correct this heart defect and God put it in our heart to reach out to her and take her in to be our daughter. Kaylyn was excited about getting a younger sister (even if it's only 6.5 months younger). We couldn't wait to go to China to get her and bring her home so that we could be her forever family.Since being back, we have learned that she has had other special needs like infundibulum of the right ventricle, a submucous cleft palate, and a cholesteatoma with hearing loss. We take it day by day and we wouldn't want it any other way! She is a joy to everyone who meets her and God has very special plans for her.

Jesse

10 years old

Jesse

is a handsome 10 year old boy that God placed in our lives to reach out and adopt locally. He is a loving, sweet boy who has found his way into our hearts!

5/27/2009 – Another shared list came out and we saw a little girl named Huang Xiang Ling, age 6, on the list. We did not see the list till Saturday 5/30/2009 because we were on our 4th Disney cruise. We emailed GWCA and asked to see Xiang Ling’s file.